Grants were awarded in several categories, including 19 Standard Research Grants for 17 projects, which cover one, two and three-year research programs.

These projects cover a range of subjects, including:

the work-life balance in an Aboriginal setting

animal welfare activism in visual culture in the 19th century

local sources of venture capital fundraising

English professor Adam Dickinson received funding from two separate SSHRC programs for his approach to poetry using scientific methodologies with environmental overtones.

Dickinson earned a Standard Research Grant of $13,568 for “Poetry as science, science as poetry: Pataphysics, biosemiotics and postmodern environments.” He was also granted $60,000 in the category of Research/Creation in the Fine Arts for a three-year research program entitled “Anatomic: Semiotic bodies, chemical environments.”

“In a world increasingly reliant on developing the knowledge economy, it is important to understand our relationship with our society, whether poetical or societal, not just in terms of scientific developments such as new medicines,” said Ian Brindle, outgoing Vice-President Research.

The 2011 SSHRC program results, totaling $121 million for 1,700 research projects across Canada, were announced in Ottawa by Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology).

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Mark Julien

Grant highlights for Brock include:

Insight Development Grants

Leah Knight, English Language and Literature, $18,887 for “What Anne Read: The Text Life of a Renaissance Woman”

Adam Dickinson, English Language and Literature, $13,568 for “Poetry as science, science as poetry: Pataphysics, biosemiotics

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and postmodern environments”

David Hayes, Applied Linguistics, $46,097 for “The role of school language education in the development of respect among ethnic communities in Sri Lanka and its impact on the development of the foundations for social harmony in the country”